Mid 6th-mid 5th century BC. A carved ceramic fragment with white slip and black pigment field to the lateral flange; white vertical band with painted meander pattern to one narrow edge; painted guilloche to the wider face terminating in a profile male bust wearing a conical hat with spirals and pellets, possibly the tutelary god Apollo; mounted on a custom-made stand. See Cook, R.M., Clazomenian Sarcophagi, Mainz, 1981, for discussion of the sarcophagi produced at the city of Clazomenai.6.6 kg total, 45cm including stand (17 3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; ex Cybele Gallery, Paris, France; formerly with Christie's in 2006; previously in a private English collection. The sarcophagus is made from a coarse pink clay with a white slip covering, the style for which the city of Clazomenae is known. [No Reserve]